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The next phase of the feminist movement is considered to have taken place between (1923–1939). The Egyptian Feminist Union (EFU) was founded by the former leader of the women's committee in the Wafd party, Hoda Shaarawi.
Since 2011, the EFU reformed as a non-profit, non-governmental organization under the original name but with a different goal and team. [14] [15] This was sparked largely due to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution during which many feminist activism groups formed alliances and played a large role in a number of demonstrations and sit-ins against Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian government.
The EFU was the starting point of the organized feminist movement in the Arab World when it was founded in 1923. Becoming a member of the International Women Suffrage Alliance and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom , it wished to organise the women's movement of the Arab world internationally, in the same manner as the women's ...
Huda Sha'rawi without mantle in her office [1]. Huda Sha'arawi or Hoda Sha'rawi (Arabic: هدى شعراوي, ALA-LC: Hudá Sha‘rāwī; 23 June 1879 – 12 December 1947) was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragette, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union.
Nazra for Feminist Studies is a women's rights organisation based in Egypt. This group contributes to the continuity and development of the Egyptian and regional feminist movement in the Middle East and North Africa. The group believes that feminism and gender are political and social issues affecting freedom and development in all societies.
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As a child during the Egyptian Revolution of 1919, al-Qalamawi grew up with influences from the Egyptian women at the time including legendary feminist Huda Sha'arawi and nationalist figure Safia Zaghoul. These women and other feminists at the time focused on moving feminist debate into the streets to create a more far reaching movement.
The dominant feminist ideas at the time tended to associate the advancement of women with Westernization and movement towards a more European-like society. [3]: 784 Women like Huda Sha’rawi supported actions such as unveiling, considering such an act constituitive of "progress" towards a more European, more liberated world for women.